Traps

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Trap Info

  • Traps are found on the ground and activate when stepped on.
  • Naturally spawning traps only exist in rooms
    • Naturally spawning traps may can be in the corridors of mazes are those are considered rooms
    • Naturally spawning traps may not be inside a wall, or where a wall used to be
    • Karakuroid may create traps in hallways
    • Traps cannot be created inside a shop, even after reading a Bigroom scroll
    • They generally apply a negative effect, but some can be utilized to your advantage.
  • Traps are normally hidden, and are revealed when you step on them or do a direct attack above them.
    • They become visible if you eat Herb of Sight or have Trap Master status.
    • Springs needed to escape rooms without hallways are always visible.
  • There are 11 types of trap per floor, and only those traps will appear
    • The number of traps that appear in Table Mountain, Shrine of the Food God, and Fei's Final Problem will increase the further you are in the dungeon
      • Floor 1-10: 1~3
      • Floor 11-20: 3~5
      • Floor 21-30: 5~7
      • Floor 31-99: 7~9
    • In the Cave behind the Scroll, the number of traps on each floor is 7~9
  • Trap Scroll & Karakuroid may overwrite existing traps
  • Traps are normally invisible, but may be made visible by doing a practice swing on a tile with an invisible trap, or by stepping on it
    • Vision Herb, Karakuroid Meat, and the Trapper Bracer will make traps visible
    • Traps created by a Karakuroid are visible
    • When performing a practice swing on a trap, there is no chance of missing
    • When transformed into a monster, you cannot detect traps
    • Traps cannot be detected when performing a practice swinging around a corner
      • Even with Kamaitachi
    • If you swing at a monster that is standing above a trap, it will not reveal the trap under it's feet
  • If you step on a trap that is invisible, it will be guaranteed to activate
  • If you walk onto a visible trap, there is a 50% chance for it to not activate
    • Using the Activate Trap command will make it trigger
  • Traps may spawn in front of the entrances/exits to a room.
    • If there is only one exit of a room, Spring Traps, Log Traps, and Pitfalls may
    make it difficult to proceed
    • You may use a Pickaxe to avoid these traps
  • Items may not be dropped onto a trap, whether it is visible or invisible
  • When equipped with the Trapper Bracer, Shiren will not activate traps, but monsters will instead
    • Certain monsters will not activate traps, ghost types, Dragon Heads, and Dark Owls will not trigger traps
    • If an enemy with 2 Actions per turn steps onto a trap on their first turn, they will not take a second turn
  • If you step on a throw trap such as an Arrow trap, it will pass through monsters and always hit the character who triggered the trap

Trap List

How to read the trap list

  • EXP: Whether experience is gained when a monster activates this trap
  • Shiren: The effect of the trap when Shiren activates it
  • Monster: The effect of the trap when a Monster activates it
Name EXP Shiren Monster
Stumble ✅ Trip and drop up to 5 items (pots can break). Receive 1 damage.
Rust ❌ Reduces shield strength by 1. Can be prevented by rust-proof Bracers and plating Defense down to Flame Priests
Instant-death to Face-First Warriors
Slow to TanksLevel up to Midoro
Removal ❌ Removes equipped items, including cursed items Seals special attacks
Rotten ❌ Any rice balls not inside a pot are turned into Rotten Rice Balls Turns enemy into a Rotten Rice ball
Alarm ❌ Lightly sleeping monster and paralyzed monsters are woken up on the floor. Lightly sleeping monster and paralyzed monsters are woken up on the floor.
Summoning ❌ Summons up to 4 monsters that appear on this floor around the trap Summon 4 monsters of the same type around the trap
Trap ❌ Traps will spawn throughout the floor, the trap underneath you will not change Traps will spawn throughout the floor. There is a chance it will spawn a trap underneath you
Pitfall ❌ Deal 7-8 damage (reduced by defense) and move to the next Floor. If there is no floor below, only damage is dealt Instant death
Spring ❌ Sent to another location on the floor Sent to another location on the floor
Reinforced Spring ❌ Same as above, but activates 100% of the time, and when Shiren is wearing the trapper bracer Monsters will not step on this special trap
Log ✅ Knocked back ~10 squares in the opposing direction, deals 5 damage Knocked back ~10 squares in the opposing direction, deals 5 damage
Tiger ❌ Cannot move for 5 turns Cannot move for 9 turns
Confuse ❌ Become confused for 10 turns Become confused for 10 turns
Delusion ❌ Become Delusional for 10 turns Become Delusional permanently
Sleeping ❌ Sleep for 5 turns Sleep for 5 turns
Slow ❌ Slowed for 10 turns Slowed permanently
Hunger ❌ Satiation decreased by 10% Instant Death
Level up to Polygons
Poison Arrow ✅ Deals 7\~8 damage & Strength is reduced by 1 Deals 26~30(?) damage
Does nothing to Flame Priests
Instant death to Face-first Warriors
Landmine ❌ Explodes, hitting the 8 tiles surrounding it and reducing Shiren's HP by half. If Shiren has 1 HP, he dies Instant Death
Turns Chickens into Meat
Splits a Flame Priest into 2
Landmine ❌ Explodes, hitting the 8 tiles surrounding it and reducing Shiren's HP to 1. Even if Shiren steps on it with 1 HP, he will not die Instant Death
Turns Chickens into Meat
Splits a Flame Priest into 2
Rock ✅ Deals 5~9 points of fixed damage Deals 5~9 points of fixed damage

Unused Trap list

There are several traps that appear in data but are not used in the game

Name EXP Shiren Monster
Time Bomb ❓ Explodes 3~6 turns after being activated Explodes instantly
Bigroom ❓ The floor becomes a large room The floor becomes a large room
Rice Ball ❓ Shiren is turned into a Rice Ball
❓ Unable to pick up items
Arrow ❓ Deals Damage Same as poison arrow